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Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park, home of the Whales of baseball's Federal League. The Cubs moved to Weeghman in 1916, and the ballpark was renamed Wrigley Field, after owner William Wrigley Jr., in 1926. The ballpark, in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side, is bounded by Clark Street, Sheffield Avenue, Addison Street and Waveland Avenue. Wrigley Field is the second oldest ballpark in baseball — behind Boston's Fenway Park — and it retains many vintage features, including a manually operated center field scoreboard, ivy-covered brick outfield walls and neon-lit red marquee facing Clark. In addition to baseball, Wrigley was the home of the Chicago Bears in 1921-70.

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Along Waveland Avenue outside Wrigley Field, there are several steel beams that rise up to form a rough outline of where the left-field bleachers and the Cubs' new video board will be. Along Sheffield Avenue, in right field, there is nothing — just a view...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday threw cold water on the Cubs' proposal to work around the clock, seven days a week to speed up the behind-schedule bleachers reconstruction project.
"The city ordinance is clear that you can't have 24-hour building,...

In denying a request last month to stop the Chicago Cubs from putting up a right-field video board and outfield advertising signs, a federal judge cited a lack of evidence from the Wrigley rooftop businesses to back up claims the structures would hurt...

Expect to see plenty of Jon Lester jerseys at Wrigley Field this summer. The Cubs ace moved more jerseys than all other Chicago baseball players and cracked the top 10 overall, according to sales figures from sports apparel retailer fanatics.com.
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MESA, Ariz. — None of Manny Ramirez’s 555 career home runs was hit as a member of the Cubs, who nevertheless rehired him as a hitting consultant despite his past association with performance-enhancing drugs.
Moreover, President Theo Epstein said he would...

MESA, Ariz. -- Despite brutally cold weather, the construction of the Wrigley Field videoboard and the left field bleachers remain on their latest schedules.
The videoboard is expected to be fully installed and ready for the Cubs' April 5 opener...

Club Cub needs a deejay.
The Cubs have put out a job application for a Wrigley Field mixologist on its career opportunities board (does this mean we can look forward to a "Go Cubs Go" remix in the near future?).
Based...

MESA, Ariz. — As Cubs' pitchers and catchers reported to their spring training facility Thursday, Cubs' attorneys and paralegals reported to a U.S. District courtroom back home in Chicago.
The players may have little in common with the legal team...

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“I think when we made some...

Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks told a Tribune reporter on the eve of his 65th birthday that when he died he wanted his body cremated and his ashes scattered over Wrigley Field “with the wind blowing out.”
Now, three weeks after Banks suffered a...

The owners of two Wrigley rooftop businesses went to court Thursday to stop the Cubs from installing a video scoreboard and advertising signs on the outfield walls that will block their views into Wrigley Field.
The owners, led by Edward McCarthy,...

Manager Joe Maddon was happy to learn his spring training roster will consist of 60 players.
He deems it a manageable number that will allow him and a retooled coaching staff ample time to distinguish those likely to make the opening-day roster and those...

The Chicago Cubs asked a judge Tuesday to deny an emergency request from two rooftop businesses to temporarily stop construction at Wrigley Field.
The team said in court papers that the rooftop businesses — Lakeview Baseball Club and Skybox on...

A judge may finally have the chance to weigh in on a contract between the Chicago Cubs and rooftop owners that could determine the future of historic Wrigley Field.
The 2004 contract is at the heart of a lawsuit two rooftop businesses filed against the...

Last month we put out a call for a new Cubs victory song to be played at Wrigley Field to replace Steve Goodman's "Go Cubs Go," which we respectfully suggested would make more sense being played before games ("The Cubs are gonna win...

For years, Cubs owner Tom Ricketts has made no secret of his desire to emulate the success of the Boston Red Sox.
His pursuit of Boston's top baseball executive, Theo Epstein, made headlines and the remaking of Wrigley Field — inspired by the

AC/DC – the bend but don’t break hard-rock band -- will bring its first tour since 2008-10 to Wrigley Field on Sept. 15.
Tickets go on sale Monday, February 16 at 10am and can be purchased online at www.Tickets.com or www.Cubs.com/acdc...

There was something different about the mood at this year's Kerry Wood-hosted Woody's Winter Warm-Up benefit -- and it had little to do with the new location.
Several Cubs players attended the fourth annual Wood Family Foundation benefit Friday at...

The Ricketts family, owner of the Chicago Cubs, paid $3 million for two apartment buildings overlooking Wrigley Field that have rooftop businesses, according to Cook County property records.
The properties were sold by George Loukas, who owns the Cubby...